Guidelines for reviewers

Originals submitted will undergo a strict double-blind peer review system. This process ensures the privacy and independence of reviewers, fulfilment of review deadlines and the possibility of rejecting the review. Reviewers will supply a reasoned report on the academic quality of the manuscript and recommend its publication or not, which will be considered by the Editorial Committee.

  • Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria provides reviewers with a protocol sheet to improve and facilitate the manuscript review process. As proof of transparency, this protocol is made public so that authors can see which review aspects their manuscripts will be subjected to.
  • Reviewers must have knowledge and experience in the field. They should only take on the job if they consider themselves competent in the subject area they are being asked to review. They undertake to abide by review deadlines and, should they turn it down, to inform the secretary of the journal as promptly as possible. They take on an undertaking of confidentiality, whereby they are not to disclose the contents of the paper to a third party at any point in the process. The only authorised interlocutors for any matter relating to the review process are the editor and publishers of the journal.
  • After agreeing to review the paper, the reviewers must conduct an objective, technical and constructive review of the paper or recension. The reviewers' task in the review process is to make sure the paper complies with the instructions in the journal's review process. They must fill in the peer review form created by the publisher of the journal, adding comments for the author for the purposes of revising the manuscript: suggestions, improvements or necessary changes to make the piece publishable. They can add confidential comments for the publishers: any other consideration with regard to the quality and acceptability of the manuscript, or any comment that they do not wish to be passed on to the author. The review is to be sent to the publishers via the journal portal, including the pertinent recommendation.
  • Ebaluazioa egitea onartu ondoren, ebaluatzaileek artikuluaren berrikuspen objektibo, tekniko eta eraikitzailea egingo dute. Berrikuspen-prozesuan ebaluatzaileen zeregina da: artikuluak aldizkariaren berrikuspen-politikaren ezaugarriak betetzen dituela egiaztatzea. Aldizkariko editoreak sortutako peer review formularioa bete behar dute, egileari eskuizkribua berrikusteko iruzkinak gehituz: lana argitaratzeko edota hobetzeko iradokizunak, hobekuntzak edo beharrezko oharrak. Halaber, editoreentzako isilpeko iruzkinak egin ahal izango dituzte: eskuizkribuaren kalitateari eta onargarritasunari buruzko beste edozein gogoeta, edo egileari helarazi nahi ez dioten edozein iruzkin.
  • Reviewers will have a deadline to hand in their reports, which must be respectful and constructive. The Editorial Committee may, should it consider it necessary, approach a third external reviewer or a committee of experts in the event of clear discrepancy between the two reviews.
  • The external reviewers' reports will be sent to the authors for their consideration. The Editorial Committee, depending on the external reviews of each manuscript, will decide whether to publish it or not.
  • The authors will receive a notification of whether their paper has been accepted or rejected as promptly as possible, as well as telling them approximately when it will be published. Finally, authors are reminded that the fundamental factors on which decisions to accept or reject their manuscripts are based concern their suitability for the journal, originality, relevance, methodological quality and presentation or style.
  • Proofs will be dealt with by the Editorial Committee or, if the author so requests, they will be sent to them on the condition that they return them by the agreed date. If this deadline is not met the corrections will not be accepted. Once the paper has been published, the author will receive a copy of the journal plus its digital version.

 

Assessment Panel

Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria thanks professionals, researchers and academics for their contribution in the assessment of works received by the journal, whether or not they are finally published. Assessment by outside peers helps to assure the quality, originality and academic rigour of a paper. 

Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria reviewers in 2024

  • Jaime Altuna - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Kike Amonarriz - Euskaltzaindia
  • Adolfo Arejita - University of Deusto
  • Aurelia Arkotxa - IKER (C.N.R.S._Baiona)
  • Miren Azkarate - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Eneko Barrutia - University of Deusto
  • Iñaki Camino - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Jasone Cenoz - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Jean-Baptiste Coyos - IKER (C.N.R.S._Baiona)
  • Juan Manuel Etxebarria - University of Deusto
  • Arantza Etxebarria - Provincial Council of Bizkaia
  • Orrega Ibarra - Public University of Navarre (UPNA)
  • Jabier Kaltzakorta - University of Deusto
  • Elizabete Manterola - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Ibon Manterola - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Iñaki Martínez de Luna - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Inma Muñoa - Federation of Basque-language schools
  • Lourdes Otaegi - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Elixabete Pérez Gaztelu - University of Deusto
  • Paskual Rekalde - Euskaltzaindia
  • Belen Uranga - Soziolinguistika Klusterra
  • Koldo Zuazo - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Juan Joxe Zubiri - Public University of Navarre (UPNA)

Euskera Ikerketa Aldizkaria reviewers in 2023

  • Ekaitz Santazilia - Public University of Navarre (UPNA)
  • Xabier Erize - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Juan Madariaga - Public University of Navarre (UPNA)
  • Amaia Munarriz - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Karlos Otegi - Euskaltzaindia
  • Sebastian Gartzia Trujillo - Euskaltzaindia
  • Blanca Urgell - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Iñaki Camino - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Eneko Zuloaga - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Adolfo Arejita - University of Deusto
  • Urtzi Reguero - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Iñaki Martínez de Luna - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Itziar Idiazabal - University of Deusto
  • Ainhoa Arregi – UZEI
  • Elixabete Pérez Gaztelu - University of Deusto
  • Juan Joxe Zubiri - Public University of Navarre (UPNA)
  • Eneko Barrutia - University of Deusto
  • Lourdes Otaegi - University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
  • Iñaki Etxezarreta - Federation of Basque-language schools
  • Igone Etxebarria - Labayru Institute